I got a Cary SLI-80 on AUdiogon for 1600. I upgraded the tubes for $300. I have had a lot of visiting amps come show their stuff in my room with a wide price range. Nothing touches the SLI-80. It is liquid love. I play it in ultra linear mode, which gives a measured 70watts per channel. Bass is almost as tight as NuForce Reference 9SE, but the rest of the freq range kills the Nuforce. Nothing can touch the mids and highs with ribbon tweeters. Not even other tube amps. I don't think there is a better musical amp for less than 2000. I listen to large symphonic stuff with big bass drums and big brass, as well as big band, jazz combo, and R&B. I do not listen to hard rock, but that is usually easier to reproduce than classical symphonic dynamics. I play it into efficient full range speakers, Legacy Focus Rich
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